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#406198
(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Steve Hurst) The continuing evacuations from Liberia, where rival factions are battling for power, featured; scenes and map shown from Monrovia. [State Department spokesman Nicholas BURNS - sums up the situation for American citizens.] [EVACUEES - describe the fighting.]
(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Report introduced.
(Freetown, Sierra Leone: Bob Coen) Telephone report from Sierra Leone about the evacuation from Liberia via helicopters flying in and out of Liberia at night presented; eyewitness reports of the fighting in Monrovia reviewed.
#406199
(Studio: Arthur Kent) Report introduced.
(UN: Richard Roth) The expulsion of Sudanese diplomat Ahmed Yousif Mohamed by the United States because he aided terrorists reported; Mohamed shown. The link to assassination plots against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak noted.
#406200
(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Consideration by the United States of a partial troop withdrawal from the Japanese island of Okinawa reported. Secretary of Defense William Perry said slated to announce the new troop plan in Japan next week.
#406201
(Studio: Bernard Shaw) The reburial in Bosnia of Muslim Admira Ismic and her Serb husband Bosko Brkic, who were killed in 1993 on the Sarajevo bridge by a sniper, reviewed; scenes shown from the bridge where this Romeo and Juliet couple lay dead for days.
#406202
(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Wolf Blitzer) Funeral services in Washington, DC, for Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown, who died in the plane crash last week, featured; scenes shown from the cathedral and from Arlington National Cemetery. [Son Michael BROWN, President CLINTON - remember Brown.] Brown and Clinton shown playing basketball in south central Los Angeles.
#406204
(Studio: Arthur Kent) Vote by European Union officials to leave in tact a global ban on British beef export because of "mad cow disease" reported.
#406205
(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Report from Denver that Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols will seek separate trials on charges that they bombed the federal building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, noted.
#406206
(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Poll finding that Americans do not worry about terrorism in the United States cited.
(Washington: Bruce Morton) The worries of ordinary Americans about the economy examined; statistics cited. [Democratic consultant Bob SQUIRE, Republican consultant Charles BLACK, Democratic consultant Bob SHRUM, Emory University Alan ABRAMOWITZ - talk about the economy, politics, the views of the people and the presidential campaign between President Clinton and Senator Bob Dole.]
#406209
(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Report introduced.
(Glasgow: Glenn O'Glassa) The demolition of the gym at the primary school in Dunblane, Scotland, where a loner recently massacred the school children and their teacher, featured; scenes shown. [Reverend Moira HERKES - talks about the symbolism of the demolition.]
#406211
(Studio: Ted Textor) Weather forecasts for the US, Europe and Asia presented; weather maps shown.
#406213
(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Attack by Hizballah fighters on Israeli soldiers in the security zone in Lebanon reported; map shown.
(South Lebanon: Brent Sadler) The resistance to Israeli occupation in the south Lebanon village of Yater featured; scenes shown from this community near the security zone that was set up as a buffer. [MAN - says you have to fight Israel.] The apparent crumbling of the south Lebanon army, which is Israel's ally against the Hizballah guerrillas, noted. [Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik HARIRI - wants negotiation, withdrawal and peace.]
#406217
(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Report introduced.
(Sarajevo: Jackie Shymanski) The international money drive for the reconstruction of Bosnia featured; scenes shown from a prisoner release in Pale. [Bosnia peace coordinator Carl BILDT, Bosnian Prime Minister Hasan MURATOVIC, Iranian foreign minister Ali-Akbar VELYATI - comment on aspects of the aid issue.] The reasons for the reluctance to send aid outlined.
#406219
(New York: Valerie Morris) The business report presented: Stock Market Report, treasury bond, dollar, oil price figures and the drop in orders for computer chips.
#406221
(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Report introduced.
(Moscow: Siobhan Darrow) The continued fighting in Chechnya two weeks after Russian President Boris Yeltsin promised peace featured; scenes shown of an oil refinery ablaze in the Chechen capital of Grozny. [Chechen rebel leader Dzhokar DUDAYEV - (thru translator) says the war could go on forever.] [Carnegie Moscow Center Nikolai PETROV - outlines Yeltsin's motivations.] The need for progress towards peace in Chechnya if Yeltsin is to win the coming election noted.
#406222
(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Vote in the lower house of Russia's Parliament denouncing the breakup of the Soviet union reported.
#406223
(Studio: Arthur Kent) The threat to the tenuous trade deal between France and China due to the issue of human rights reported; scenes shown from Paris, where French minister Alain Juppe and Chinese Premier Li Peng were set to sign the deal and of the protest march in the streets of Paris against doing business with China.
#406224
(Studio: Arthur Kent) Secretary of State Warren Christopher said delaying a decision on whether to punish China for selling nuclear materials to Pakistan; scenes shown of United States trade envoy Charlene Barshefsky, who had been in China for talks on copyright piracy issues.
#406225
(Studio: Arthur Kent) Report introduced.
(Seoul: John Lewis) The increasing tensions between North and South Korea along the demilitarized zone examined. [South Korean minister of defense PARK Yong-Ok, South Korean ministry of foreign affairs CHUNG Tae-Ik - comment on North Korea's provocative actions.] The view that North Korea's actions are politically motivated and the meeting of United States ambassador James Lainey and United Nations command chief United States General Gary Luck with South Korean government officials outlined.
#406226
(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Suggestions that Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski may have crossed paths with at least four of the Unabomber's victims reported; the four connections detailed.
#406227
(Studio: Bernard Shaw) The standoff between separatist Freemen and federal agents in Montana reported; scenes shown from the ranch near Brusett.
#406229
(Studio: Nick Charles) The sexual assault charges against boxer Mike Tyson at a Chicago nightclub, the fining and suspension of pro basketball player Nick Van Exel for shoving a referee and the imminent opening of golf's Masters Tournament reported; scenes shown.
#406231
(Studio: Arthur Kent) Report introduced.
(London: Richard Blystone) The retaliation by Britain's Royal Family against its nemesis the media examined; examples cited of royal complaints against the press. [Advertising Standards Authority Matti ALDERSON - comments on exploiting the royal image in ads.] [Live-TV Bill RIDLEY - jokes.]